Cats are true carnivores, meaning their intestinal tracts are shorter in length, designed to digest and process meat quickly. It is important for cats to get a variety of different meats in order to meet their nutritional needs.
Every cat deserves the best. Basic Instincts Cat is made from locally sourced ingredients. Our farmers have been servicing our raw cat food for over 20 years!
All our meats are sourced from farmers with a conscience, who pride themselves on raising ethics of the meat industry.
Basic Instincts raw cat food has been formulated to match the natural biological diet cats would be eating in the wild.
Basic Instincts™ Cat Salmon formula is big hit in the feline community! Cats love the taste.
For centuries, coastal cats have been eating fish as a staple part of their diet. Salmon is a great source for Omega 3 & 6 essential fatty acids which can keep your cat’s fur healthy and shiny.
The whole coho salmon is used in our formula along with lamb organ meats. This is not a complete diet formula and therefore should be fed not more than a couple of times a week.
Ingredients
Organic whole salmon with bone, Lamb heart, Lamb liver, Dried egg yolk, Psyllium husk powder, agar, gelatin, Filtered water, Wild salmon oil.
Meet the Farmer
All our organic salmon is sourced locally in British Columbia, Canada from Northern Divine. Known around the world for their organic caviar and technologically-advanced, closed-system aquaculture, Basic Instincts was the first brand to partner with them for cat food production. Ensuring full responsibility for the end-to-end aqua farming, Northern Divine ensure that nothing is wasted.
Nutrition per 100 g serving:
| Crude Protein | 13.15% |
| Crude Fat | 5.25% |
| Crude Carbs | 0.2% |
| Moisture | 79.89% |
| Calcium | 0.21% |
| Phosphorus | 0.19% |
| Taurine | 82mg |
| Calories | 100 |
Note: These guidelines could vary depending the breed and activity level of your cat.
All raw meats should be handled with care. Please ensure that you wash all surfaces with hot water and soap after handling raw meats. This includes washing pet bowls after each feeding.
If possible, stainless steel and ceramics provide a better hygienic source for pet dishes.
Basic Instincts™ Cat Chicken formula is the most popular and economical meal choice to feed your cat. Chicken provides a high percentage of taurine, and a high ratio of Omega 3 & 6 fatty acids – great for a healthy coat and skin!
Chicken is a great staple and your cat will enjoy it in rotation with our other products.
Ingredients
Non-medicated whole chicken, chicken legs, chicken carcass, chicken heart, chicken liver, dried egg yolk, psyllium husk powder, agar gelatin, filtered water, wild salmon oil.
Meet the Farmer
All our chicken is sourced from locally in British Columbia, Canada from Rossdown Farms.
Humanely raised
100% Canadian chicken, from birth to finish
Raised cage-free, without hormones or steroids (Canadian standard)
Raised without antibiotics*
Raised on vegetarian feed without the use of animal by-products
Traceable back to farm of origin
Eggs are free-range or organic
Nutrition per 100 g serving:
| Crude Protein | 13.76% |
| Crude Fat | 6.41% |
| Crude Carbs | 0.95% |
| Moisture | 77.14% |
| Calcium | 0.64% |
| Phosphorus | 0.44% |
| Taurine | 81.9mg |
| Calories | 103 |
Note: These guidelines could vary depending the breed and activity level of your cat.
All raw meats should be handled with care. Please ensure that you wash all surfaces with hot water and soap after handling raw meats. This includes washing pet bowls after each feeding.
If possible, stainless steel and ceramics provide a better hygienic source for pet dishes.
Basic Instincts™ Cat Chicken boneless formula is a great muscle meat accompaniment for those who feed a larger percentage of chicken carcass/wings.
Chicken provides a high percentage of taurine, and a high ratio of Omega 3 & 6 fatty acids – great for a healthy coat and skin!
Ingredients
Non medicated boneless chicken, chicken heart, chicken liver, dried egg yolk, psyllium husk powder, agar, gelatin, filtered water, wild salmon oil.
Meet the Farmer
All our chicken is sourced from locally in British Columbia, Canada from Rossdown Farms.
Humanely raised
100% Canadian chicken, from birth to finish
Raised cage-free, without hormones or steroids (Canadian standard)
Raised without antibiotics*
Raised on vegetarian feed without the use of animal by-products
Traceable back to farm of origin
Eggs are free-range or organic
Nutrition per 100 g serving:
| Crude Protein | 14.90% |
| Crude Fat | 8.95% |
| Crude Carbs | 0.10% |
| Moisture | 75.01% |
| Calcium | 0.18% |
| Phosphorus | 0.25% |
| Taurine | 88.7mg |
| Calories | 137 |
Note: These guidelines could vary depending the breed and activity level of your cat.
All raw meats should be handled with care. Please ensure that you wash all surfaces with hot water and soap after handling raw meats. This includes washing pet bowls after each feeding.
If possible, stainless steel and ceramics provide a better hygienic source for pet dishes.
Basic Instincts™ Cat Chicken is a good, popular protein source for most cats. It is produced using human-grade meat which means it is the same you get in your local grocery store. It may have been raised using antibiotics as part of a health regime but has not been raised using growth hormones or artificial stimulants.
Chicken provides a high percentage of taurine, and a high ratio of Omega 3 & 6 fatty acids – great for a healthy coat and skin!
Ingredients
Whole chicken with bone, chicken heart, chicken liver, dried egg yolk, psyllium husk powder, agar, gelatin, filtered water, wild salmon oil.
Meet the Farmer
All our chicken is sourced from locally in British Columbia, Canada from Rossdown Farms.
Humanely raised
100% Canadian chicken, from birth to finish
Raised cage-free, without hormones or steroids (Canadian standard)
Raised without antibiotics*
Raised on vegetarian feed without the use of animal by-products
Traceable back to farm of origin
Eggs are free-range or organic
Nutrition per 100 g serving:
| Crude Protein | 14.37% |
| Crude Fat | 6.34% |
| Crude Carbs | 1.00% |
| Moisture | 76.01% |
| Calcium | 0.7% |
| Phosphorus | 0.43% |
| Taurine | 101 mg |
| Calories | 118 |
Note: These guidelines could vary depending the breed and activity level of your cat.
All raw meats should be handled with care. Please ensure that you wash all surfaces with hot water and soap after handling raw meats. This includes washing pet bowls after each feeding.
If possible, stainless steel and ceramics provide a better hygienic source for pet dishes.
Basic Instincts™ Cat Turkey formula is a favorite for many cats. It is a great white meat source with slightly lower fat ratios than chicken.
Ingredients
Non medicated whole turkey with bone, turkey legs, turkey carcass, turkey heart, turkey liver, dried egg yolk, psyllium husk powder, agar, gelatin, filtered water, wild salmon oil.
Meet the Farmer
Nutrition per 100 g serving:
| Crude Protein | 14.92% |
| Crude Fat | 10.98% |
| Crude Carbs | 1.62% |
| Moisture | 70.41% |
| Calcium | 0.76% |
| Phosphorus | 0.46% |
| Taurine | 119 mg |
| Calories | 146 |
Note: These guidelines could vary depending the breed and activity level of your cat.
All raw meats should be handled with care. Please ensure that you wash all surfaces with hot water and soap after handling raw meats. This includes washing pet bowls after each feeding.
If possible, stainless steel and ceramics provide a better hygienic source for pet dishes.
Basic Instincts™ Cat Turkey formula is a favorite for many cats. A great white meat source with slightly lower fat ratios than chicken. The turkey used in this formula has been raised with the help of antibiotics as part of a flock management health regime. It has not been exposed to any growth hormones.
Ingredients
Non medicated whole turkey with bone, turkey legs, turkey carcass, turkey heart, turkey liver, dried egg yolk, psyllium husk powder, agar, gelatin, filtered water, wild salmon oil.
Meet the Farmer
Nutrition per 100 g serving:
| Crude Protein | 14.36% |
| Crude Fat | 6.07% |
| Crude Carbs | 0.10% |
| Moisture | 76.85% |
| Calcium | 1.2% |
| Phosphorus | 0.74% |
| Taurine | 152 mg |
| Calories | 112 |
Note: These guidelines could vary depending the breed and activity level of your cat.
All raw meats should be handled with care. Please ensure that you wash all surfaces with hot water and soap after handling raw meats. This includes washing pet bowls after each feeding.
If possible, stainless steel and ceramics provide a better hygienic source for pet dishes.
Our Basic Instincts™ Cat Rabbit formula is a good choice for owners seeking a lean meat for their cat. Formulated using the whole rabbit, this meal provides a good distribution of muscle fibers. Rabbit is particularly good for its calcium-to-fat ratio, and is a well-suited protein for inclusion in a maintenance diet.
Ingredients
Non-medicated whole rabbit with bone, lamb heart, lamb liver, dried egg yolk, psyllium husk powder, agar. gelatin, filtered water. wild salmon oil.
Meet the Farmer
Nutrition per 100 g serving:
| Crude Protein | 16.13% |
| Crude Fat | 7.93% |
| Crude Carbs | 0.70% |
| Moisture | 71.06% |
| Calcium | 1.35% |
| Phosphorus | 0.94% |
| Taurine | 22.1 mg |
| Calories | 139 |
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Note: These guidelines could vary depending the breed and activity level of your cat.
All raw meats should be handled with care. Please ensure that you wash all surfaces with hot water and soap after handling raw meats. This includes washing pet bowls after each feeding.
If possible, stainless steel and ceramics provide a better hygienic source for pet dishes.
Basic Instinct Beef Formula is a popular “red” protein source for cats. Basic Instinct Beef is high in learn muscle meat, high in protein, and high in iron-all necessary for a balanced diet.
Ingredients
Non-medicated, boneless beef, beef muscle meat, beef heart, beef liver, steamed lamb bone meal, dried egg yolk, psyllium husk, agar, gelatin, filtered water, wild salmon oil.
Meet the Farmer
Nutrition per 100 g serving:
| Crude Protein | 14.03% |
| Crude Fat | 10.31% |
| Crude Carbs | 2.40% |
| Moisture | 73.05% |
| Calcium | 0.12% |
| Phosphorus | 0.18% |
| Taurine | 36.4 mg |
| Calories | 137 |
Note: These guidelines could vary depending the breed and activity level of your cat.
Our Lamb formula is a great alternative protein source for cats, particularly those with allergies. Lamb can be used as novel protein source to provide variety for your pet.
Recognizing that lamb protein is typically higher in fat, our Basic Instincts™ Cat formula has been formulated with a higher lean muscle to fat ratio. This provides owners with the option of feeding lamb more regularly. We always recommend that you consult with your local veterinarian when feeding novel meats at a higher frequency.
Non-medicated, boneless lamb muscle meat, lamb heart, lamb liver, steamed lamb bone meal, dried egg yolk, psyllium husk powder, agar, gelatin, filtered water, wild salmon oil.
Nutrition per 100 g serving:
| Crude Protein | 13.95% |
| Crude Fat | 17.38% |
| Crude Carbs | 0.9% |
| Moisture | 66.8% |
| Calcium | 0.17% |
| Phosphorus | 0.25% |
| Taurine | 76.9 mg |
| Calories | 216 |
Note: These guidelines could vary depending the breed and activity level of your cat.
Our Basic Instincts™ Cat Elk formula is a good “red” protein often used as an alternative to or variation from beef. It is a good alternative because it is lower in fat and higher in taurine.
Recognizing that Elk is not animal that a cat would eat in the wild, Basic Instincts™ Cat Elk is a high lean muscle meat. This meal is high in protein and iron – both necessary for a balanced diet.
It is important for cats to get a variety of different meats in order to meet their nutritional needs and we know that some cats really enjoy a variety of tastes and textures in their diet.
Ingredients
Non-medicated elk muscle meat, lamb heart, lamb liver, steamed lamb bone meal, dried egg yolk, psyllium husk powder, agar, gelatin, filtered water, wild salmon oil.
Meet the Farmer
Nutrition per 100 g serving:
| Crude Protein | 16.63% |
| Crude Fat | 6.12% |
| Crude Carbs | 1.20% |
| Moisture | 74.88% |
| Calcium | 0.13% |
| Phosphorus | 0.26% |
| Taurine | 57.6 mg |
| Calories | 126 |
Note: These guidelines could vary depending the breed and activity level of your cat.
Our Basic Instincts™ Cat Venison with Organ formula is another good red meat choice for cats. Our Venison formula is highly palatable and easy to digest. Venison meat is high in trace minerals which are a perfect accompaniment for the week’s white meats.
If your cat has allergies, our Venison formula can be eaten more frequently.
Ingredients
Non-medicated venison muscle meat, venison/lamb heart, venison/lamb liver, steamed lamb bone meal, dried egg yolk, psyllium husk powder, agar, gelatin, filtered water, wild salmon oil.
Meet the Farmer
Nutrition per 100 g serving:
| Crude Protein | 16.55% |
| Crude Fat | 4.25% |
| Crude Carbs | 1.40% |
| Moisture | 76.64% |
| Calcium | 0.09% |
| Phosphorus | 0.21% |
| Taurine | 24.7 mg |
| Calories | 110 |
Note: These guidelines could vary depending the breed and activity level of your cat.
Basic Instincts™ Cat Kangaroo formula is not a typical meat that you’d think of for a cat, however, this protein source has cats asking for more!
Our Basic Instincts™ Cat Kangaroo formula has been designed for the cats who have severe allergies, and as such only contains kangaroo muscle meat as a single source meat protein (note: also contains steamed lamb bonemeal for a calcium source). Kangaroo meat is much lower in fat and higher in taurine.
For any cat with extreme food sensitivities or allergies, Kangaroo provides a true game meat. *Must be fed with other formulas or supplementation as this formula does not contain organ meats.*
Ingredients
Non-medicated boneless kangaroo muscles meat, steamed lamb bone meal, dried egg yolk, psyllium husk powder, agar, gelatin, filtered water
wild salmon oil.
Meet the Farmer
All our kangaroo is sourced directly from Australia. The meat is a wild game meat which has been humanely harvested from wild populations. We have recently experienced some supply issues with kangaroo and are working with our suppliers to ensure continuity of supply.
Nutrition per 100 g serving:
| Crude Protein | 17.51% |
| Crude Fat | 1.60% |
| Crude Carbs | 1.00% |
| Moisture | 78.74% |
| Calcium | 0.15% |
| Phosphorus | 0.25% |
| Taurine | 30.8 mg |
| Calories | 89 |
Note: These guidelines could vary depending the breed and activity level of your cat.
*Kangaroo is very low in calories and fat and if feed more frequently should be discussed with your local holistic veterinarian.*
All raw meats should be handled with care. Please ensure that you wash all surfaces with hot water and soap after handling raw meats. This includes washing pet bowls after each feeding.
If possible, stainless steel and ceramics provide a better hygienic source for pet dishes.
Basic Instincts™ Cat Duck formula is great alternative to white meat for many cats. We have listed it as an exotic meat due to the high fat content. As duck is higher in fat than chicken or turkey we start by using use whole duck and add additional wings and necks to increase the lean muscle tissue percentage in our meals.
Duck should only be used a supplemental meat unless otherwise directed by a veterinarian. Duck does not fall into the same white meat category and therefore should not be fed a sole source of white meats.
Non-medicated whole duck, duck wing, duck necks, dried egg yolk, psyllium husk powder, agar, gelatin, filtered water, wild salmon oil. *note: availability of duck organs depends on supplier (as organs are not always included).
Nutrition per 100 g serving:
| Crude Protein | 13.47% |
| Crude Fat | 12.43% |
| Crude Carbs | 0.2% |
| Moisture | 70.11% |
| Calcium | 1.2% |
| Phosphorus | 0.74% |
| Taurine | 62.2 mg |
| Calories | 167 |
Note: These guidelines could vary depending the breed and activity level of your cat.
*Duck is very high in fat and should not be feed exclusively. Please discuss feeding more duck more than once a week with your local holistic veterinarian.*
All raw meats should be handled with care. Please ensure that you wash all surfaces with hot water and soap after handling raw meats. This includes washing pet bowls after each feeding.
If possible, stainless steel and ceramics provide a better hygienic source for pet dishes.